It’s Official: I’ve Finally PEAKED
Concordia College is known for many things, including the Concordia Choir, the Christmas Concert, and of course, Kernel Cobb. However, the institution is also r...
Month: December 2019
Neurochem, You’ve PEAKed my Interest
Throughout the last four years, through the grit and the grind of earning an undergraduate degree, it was easy to forget the significance of continued learning....
Netflix and Chill vs. Environmental Stimulation and Brain Health
Brain games, social activity, constant learning, exercise. Surely, they’re mentally and physically stimulating, not to mention they can be extremely enjoyable. ...
Stop Supersizing and Start Exercising
“Americans, they’re so overweight.” “Our country is getting bigger and bigger. We were much thinner when I was a kid.” “Our food is so processed, but fast-food ...
Hard Drugs: They’re Doing What Now?
At what point is someone addicted to drugs no longer capable of making the decision to continue using drugs? At what point does the long-term effect of using dr...
PTSD and Its Effect on Making Memories
I was four years old when I remember standing on the upstairs landing of my childhood home staring down at two strange men. With my stuffed bunny in hand, I fra...
Reading my Audience or What I learned in Neurochemistry
There is a question that appears on every course evaluation at the end of the semester: this course improved my ability to connect between this area and other a...
Recess as an Adult
As a kid, recess is one of the best parts of the day, just a half hour to run around and do whatever. There were slides to slide down, things to climb, and game...
Neural Networks and Global Networks: We’re All Connected
My capstone course, Neurochemistry 475, truly encapsulated what it means to become responsibly engaged in our world. The course has the same name as the degree ...
A Journey Up The Liberal Educational Mountain – Have We Hit the PEAK?
There it was, at last. After months of chipping away at articles, scaling pages upon pages of reading, and summiting the art of blogging, I’d finally made...